--- a/mercurial/progress.py	Wed Feb 17 19:38:44 2016 +0000
+++ b/mercurial/progress.py	Wed Feb 17 15:18:30 2016 -0800
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     return ' '.join(s for s in args if s)
 
 def shouldprint(ui):
-    return not (ui.quiet or ui.plain()) and (
+    return not (ui.quiet or ui.plain('progress')) and (
         ui._isatty(sys.stderr) or ui.configbool('progress', 'assume-tty'))
 
 def fmtremaining(seconds):